World Cinema
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Course Introduction
World Cinema offers students a broad exploration of global filmmaking traditions, examining influential films, directors, and movements from diverse countries and cultures. The course investigates how cinema reflects and shapes social, political, and historical contexts outside the dominant Hollywood paradigm. Students will analyze film styles, narratives, and themes from various regions including Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East while considering issues of identity, representation, and globalization. Through screenings, readings, and critical discussions, students gain an appreciation for the artistic complexity and cultural significance of international cinema.
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Film A Critical Introduction 3rd Edition by
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Explain the Kinetograph and the Kinetoscope.
Answer: They were,respectively,a camera that recorded motion pictures on rolls of film,and a machine with a peep-hole viewer that an individual looked through to see those films.
Q2) Discuss how Eadweard Muybridge's work in motion photography led to the development of filmmaking.
Answer: Muybridge's experiments in serial photography had as much to do with scientific discovery as they did with film as an art form.Muybridge's famous photographs of horses in motion (1878)were inspired by a question that Leland Stanford (later Governor of California)hired Muybridge to answer: do horses lift all four feet off the ground when running (The answer was yes.)Muybridge set up a bank of still cameras,each of which captured a shot of the horse as it moved by.These sequences of still shots offered insight into the details of human and animal movement.
Q3) Digital technologies have had an enormous impact on both the economics and aesthetics of cinema.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: An Approach to Film Analysis
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Q1) ________ filmmakers explore the aesthetic possibilities of the film medium itself,rarely telling stories or presenting arguments.
A) Narrative fiction
B) Documentary
C) Avant-garde
D) Horror
Answer: C
Q2) When creating films that reference historical events,filmmakers risk being accused of forwarding an interpretation of events rather than an accurate representation of facts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Some critics and scholars argue that our ability to embrace new innovative filmmaking practices can be hampered by the fact that most of us have grown up seeing only one type of filmmaking practice .
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Writing About Film
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Q1) The name of Bill Sr.'s steamboat is __________________,a detail linking him to outdated,rural Southern values.
Answer: Stonewall Jackson
Q2) The ________ relies heavily on evaluative statements.
A) scene-analysis paper
B) research paper
C) popular review
D) film analysis
Answer: C
Q3) A good research paper does not merely collect and repeat the information contained in these sources.Serious research involves a process whereby the writer gathers information and ideas that may support and contest the working __________.
Answer: thesis
Q4) In the past decade,less written material has become available to people interested in learning about film.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Narrative Form
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Q1) Audiences learn late in <i>The 400 Blows</i>,that Antoine's mother had wanted to have an abortion,a detail in the backstory that helps explain why the boy has difficulty getting along with her.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly describe the dramatic shift in narrative perspective that occurs a third of the way through <i>Psycho</i>?
Q3) The "exposition" of a film is synonymous with a film's "first act."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most films employ a system of ________ narration,which conveys external events as well as the knowledge,thoughts and feelings of one or two major characters without the intervention of an explicit narrator.
A) restricted
B) open-ended
C) episodic
D) first-person
Q5) Explain how <i>Notorious</i> manipulates the audience's emotions by exploiting moments of omniscience.
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Chapter 5: Mise en Scène
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Q1) Briefly describe the two wedding scenes that are depicted in <i>The Godfather</i>. What factors of each scene make up its mise en scène? How does the <i>mise en scène </i>in these different scenes inform our understanding of the characters?
Q2) Identify two advantages of shooting on a set instead of shooting on location.
Q3) Filming "on location" means that filming is done in the exact geographical location where the story's events take place.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the differences between Susan's and Charles's personalities. Then illustrate how the use of setting in this shot illustrates these differences.
Q5) Identify two characteristics of German Expressionism's visual style as evident in <i>The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari.</i>
Q6) In <i>Thelma and Louise</i>,the men who pursue the main characters are associated with tight,confined spaces.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The places in which a film's action unfolds are known as the ________.
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Chapter 6: Cinematography
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT an element of cinematography?
A) camera movement
B) lenses
C) film stock
D) setting
Q2) ________ refers to the amount of light striking the light-sensitive emulsion layer of film stock.
Q3) Guillermo del Toro uses a different ________ to distinguish between each milieu in <i>Pan's Labyrinth.</i>
A) color palette
B) lens
C) camera angle
D) camera movement
Q4) The trombone shot was created by ________.
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) Orson Welles
C) Haskell Wexler
D) Francis Ford Coppola
Q5) The technique of tipping a camera vertically while it remains fixed to a tripod is called a(n)________.
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Chapter 7: Editing
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Q1) A(n)________ occurs when a circular mask appears over shot A. The mask gradually constricts around the image until the entire frame is black.
Q2) One way in which <i>Band of Outsiders </i>breaks the rules of continuity in order to comment on the nature of cinema is ________.
A) repeating details of a scene from different vantage points
B) quoting a famous poet
C) paying homage to American cinema
D) suggesting the young male characters are motivated primarily by their desire to emulate their favorite movies
Q3) The use of point of view shots in the racetrack scene from Notorious encourages the audience to identify with both Alicia and Devlin,making it clear that both characters are at fault for their failing relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An <i>unintentional </i>discrepancy from shot to shot in costuming,character posture,or prop placement is called a ________.
Q5) Briefly (in 1-2 sentences)define <i>eyeline match.</i>
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Chapter 8: Sound
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Q1) The distinction between early silent cinema and later sound cinema rests on the difference between live sound and recorded sound affixed to the image track.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following sentences is describing a <i>vocal tic</i>?
A) Kane's voice reverberates down the empty hallways of Xanadu.
B) The gangsters in <i>Pulp Fiction </i>repeatedly utter foul words.
C) Owen Wilson speaks in slow, fluid phrases with offbeat intonation.
D) In <i>Alien</i>, Ripley's voice is soft, conveying her calm, rational approach to the crew's problems.
Q3) Identify two common functions of sound effects.
Q4) A sound's ________ refers to its frequency,or its position on a musical scale.
Q5) ________ produce many of a film's sound effects by creatively manipulating various materials.
A) Foley artists
B) Gaffers
C) Best boys
D) Score composers
Q6) Identify three common ways sound may differ from the imagery onscreen.
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Chapter 9: Alternatives to Narrative Fiction
Film:Documentary and Avant-garde Films
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Q1) The sequence of events the woman dreams about in <i>Meshes of the Afternoon</i> are repeated ________ times.
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
Q2) John Grierson described the documentary mode of filmmaking as ________.
A) "an unflinching glimpse at reality"
B) "the creative treatment of actuality"
C) "the truth behind the apparent"
D) "the objective view on the world"
Q3) Fiction films that pose as documentaries by using its familiar conventions are ________.
A) outfoxumentaries
B) faux-mentaries
C) mockumentaries
D) self-reflexive documentaries
Q4) Why do some argue that a filmmaker's decision to film another culture or a group of people always involves questions of ethics?
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Chapter 10: Film and Ideology
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Q1) Explain why some,like Rupert Everett,argue that contemporary film industry is still biased against openly gay actors,despite the proliferation of gay characters on film and television.
Q2) The events of the communist "witch hunt" of the late 1940s and early 1950s illustrate that Hollywood strives to be immune to politics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The feminist filmmaking movement ________.
A) preceded the feminist critique of mainstream films
B) grew out of the women's liberation movement
C) devalued documentary films because they didn't reach as many women as those manufactured by Hollywood
D) all of these
Q4) "Apparatus" arguments made by critics deal specifically with ________.
A) the physical means by which a film is exhibited to audiences
B) the ways in which government influence impacts film content
C) the stereotyping of minority groups in popular films
D) none of these
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Chapter 11: Social Context and Film Style:National,
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Q1) What film movement was the primary influence on <i>The Battle of Algiers</i>?
A) Italian Neorealism
B) French New Wave
C) German Expressionism
D) British Free Cinema
Q2) Filmmakers ventured to California in the early 1900s because ________.
A) Los Angeles was already a theater hot spot, and industry moguls were seeking acting talent
B) Thomas Edison's production facilities were there, making it easier for industry moguls to purchase equipment without paying shipping costs
C) they wanted to avoid licensing fees
D) all of these
Q3) The only element of classical Hollywood style films that the international art cinema movement kept was the goal-oriented central character.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Production Code linked Catholic doctrine to Hollywood's formula.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Film Stardom As a Cultural Phenomenon
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Q1) Gay audiences identify with Judy Garland because ________.
A) there is a discrepancy between her onscreen image and her personal life
B) she was not allowed to marry the person she loved
C) she had a larger-than-life "campy" persona
D) her star persona was not especially feminine
Q2) Silent film comedian Buster Keaton was nicknamed "The Great Stoneface" by fans because of his unusually heavy white make-up.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Occasionally writers,directors,and producers design a project specifically with a particular star in mind,hoping to capitalize on audience expecta?tions.What are these projects called and why?
Q4) A <i>star persona</i> consists of ________.
A) the catalog of an actor's roles
B) biographical information
C) studio efforts to advertise an actor's films
D) all of the above
Q5) Stars represent a significant portion of a film's overhead costs.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) What role do the conventions of a genre play in its relationship with its audience? Why might a filmmaker choose to stick to those conventions? Why might that filmmaker choose to go against those conventions? How might this effect audience response?
Q2) The genre of ________ films are united by a thematic interest in the relationship between technology and humanity.
A) science fiction
B) action
C) neo-noir
D) paranoid conspiracy
Q3) Cultural resonance of genres such as the Western (closely identified with America ideology)and the samurai film (closely identified with Japanese ideology)greatly limit their appeal to international audiences.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In addition to sharing similar narrative characteristics,films from the same genre often exhibit the same visual and sound techniques.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Film Authorship
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Q1) Fantastic <i>Mr.Fox</i> marked a dramatic departure for director Wes Anderson.How?
Q2) What American film critic is chiefly responsible for popularizing <i>auteur</i> theory in the United States?
A) Pauline Kael
B) John Simon
C) Wes Anderson
D) Andrew Sarris
Q3) Studying Kathryn Bigelow's <i>The Hurt Locker</i> demonstrates how a critic could use the auteur theory to pursue a scholarly understanding of a director's body of work by exploring the influence of ____.
A) historical circumstances
B) another director
C) literature
D) the screenwriter
Q4) Orson Welles's career illustrates how a director embraced by the public as an auteur could use this popularity to wield control within the Hollywood studio system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Cinema As Industry: Economics and Technology
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Q1) In a sentence or two,explain how the rise of the multiplex contributed to the rise of the blockbuster.
Q2) Identify one of the institutions that developed in the 1980s and 90s which contributed to the growing profitability of independent film,but which also threatened to water down the movement's ability to take risks.
Q3) Describe (in 1-2 sentences)one reason why the blockbuster mentality made Hollywood movies more infantile by the 1980s.
Q4) Critics have explored the similarities between the French New Wave and Mumblecore's ultra low-budget films,most of which have been shot on digital video.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain in a sentence one reason why some critics complained that Disney's acquisition of Miramax,a pioneer in independent film,would curtail the independent cinema movement.
Q6) Explore why some critics compare Mumblecore with the French New Wave,even though Mumblecore is closely associated with cutting edge digital technology whereas the New Wave featured filmmakers who loved celluloid.
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